Striper season
- Thread starter REF
- Start date
ArmedCorgi
.475 A&M Magnum
Awe shucks, I read the title as "stripper season"...nice fish though!!
I knew someone would go there!! Would not expect anything else!!!!!!
ArmedCorgi
.475 A&M Magnum
I'm that guy.
nortatoga
.338 Win Mag
I grew up on stripe bass my dad was a big time fisherman in the 60's and early 70's when I was a kid. Long island sound between Huntington, Smithtown and Port Jeff.
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
spat
.950 JDJ
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
I would love to try striper fishing one day. I’ve never done it. I’m in the Buffalo area so it’s a bit of a drive. Maybe in a year or two I’ll head out that way and do a trip with my son.
camper4lyfe
.308 Win
Looks like fun. We have a friend from our summer place that catches some massive stripers.
218bee
.44 mag
Have a boat in Port Chester and the last three or four years have been horrible for stripers & Blues. No fish around and when they are its sporadic. Not like a few years ago for sure. Plenty of bunker, though, but no big fish chasing them.
If you need any insight, let me know. I’m no professional but we do catch them every year. My oldest could do charters if he got his shit together. It really is a great opportunity locally to catch some of the biggest fish you may ever catch living inland. Great for the kids as well, they could be pulling in 7-15 lb fish all day with the potential to get a giant, and that’s bigger than anything you’re going to catch around here with the exception of lake trout. Good times
They are catching them to the west under the bridges. Guy's are having better luck trolling spoons and mojos. Trolling is not my cup of tea so I'll be chunking around the rocks.
timboy
.44 mag
One of my bosses and his kid went out a few weeks ago,this was the biggest one they caught,the kid holding it is several inches over 6'tall.
nortatoga
.338 Win Mag
That was not an uncommon size fish when I was a kid.
BMF JK
.44 mag
Sooooo is there really no strippers in this thread ? 
GOYABEAN
.950 JDJ
Surprising the action was always hot around Yonkers Ossining & Croton point area.
218bee
.44 mag
Never fished the Hudson for stripers. (Always wanted to though).... Im no biologist, but it seems like the fish never came into mahattan/east river and went in the sound, out to Montauk, in the numbers they used to. Caught some schoolies, but 4 or 5 years ago you'd see Blitzes blowing up bunker schools with both big Blues & Stripers. Couldn't miss on plugs or chunks...Even at night, we'd go out of Port Chester Harbor in the middle and chunk with great success. (30-40 pounders) Hasn't happen by me in a few years. Acres of bunkers every year, but no big fish around them...
pjzwtl
.308 Win
Went out a couple of times in early May out of Roundout creek and we trolled no bait didn’t get much worth bragging about the the screen looked good. This was the first time I fished for them in years figured we would try before we brought the boat up the Champlain
We’re at schroon lake, but I’m looking to go in at Champlain this year for Lakers before the dog days of summer set in
pjzwtl
.308 Win
Up at camp haven’t gone out yet been doing some work and getting the docks in. Got a few fat mud hens off of Port Henry last weekend. Gonna a see if there still out there in the AM . Years ago we used to camp on the scroon river at a place called wacondha s/p?
Last edited:
pjzwtl
.308 Win
If you have down riggers you can put in at Westport where there is a nice state ramp and troll off the bay all summer long we usually get them at about 90-100’ with stackers for salmon at about 45-60’ I don’t get fancy with cow bells or flashers I just run spoons plain , right now dark colors seem to be hot
We are right near there at a place called Ideal Campground. The place you speak of us right down the road.
I do have downriggers and use them exclusively at Paradox and Schroon lake for lakers but with minimal luck so far. Only been a couple of years doing the trolling thing but do enjoy it. Caught a few here and there but not the action I’d expect on Champlain. And Westport is exactly where I’m dying to go, thanks for the input, greatly appreciated.
holdover
.475 A&M Magnum
Only cause you beat me to it.
218bee
.44 mag
My buddy and his son crushing them right now off Sandy Hook, NJ, Hopefully these fish come north, into the LI sound in number, like they used to.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
Wow. How fun.
I want to give a huge thanks to pjzwtl for giving me the inside scoop on lakers on Champlain. Absolutely killed it Friday going 7-8 with the lakers and losing a nice silver 10 ft from the boat as well. First time out on Champlain and it did not disappoint. Will post pics when I get back to civilization as I’m in the Adirondacks and service is shitty.
pjzwtl
.308 Win
Great fishing and a million dollar view while doing it. Glad it worked out for ya will be going up again next week